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When working in a cleanroom, it is essential to strictly adhere to the legal requirements regarding particle-free conditions and the correct procedures. (Source: Medical Packaging Technology GmbH/OWB-Group GmbH)

Especially in cleanrooms for medical technology, it is crucial that the increasingly complex systems and components are precisely coordinated with each other. Accordingly, the requirements for the planning and design of these rooms are also very high. (Source: bc-technology GmbH)

Proper work clothing also plays a crucial role in cleanroom technology. This topic is also addressed within the experience workshop. (Source: bc-technology GmbH)

19.01.2018
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Buildings & Rooms

Cleanroom Experience Workshop (March 8, 2018 in Mengen)

Learning by doing: Three companies pool their expertise in an experiential workshop and let visitors experience cleanroom technology up close

Especially in cleanrooms for medical technology, it is crucial that the increasingly complex systems and components are precisely coordinated with each other. Accordingly, the requirements for planning and designing these rooms are also very high. To give interested cleanroom, quality assurance offi…

Fig. 1: Zone controls adapt individually to working and lowering times.

Fig. 2: Technology for operating cleanrooms must be planned energy-efficiently.

Fig. 3: Comfortable system control via touch panel, tablet, or smartphone.

Fig. 4: When using the HVAC systems, consideration should be given to the so-called

09.01.2018
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Furnishing & equipment

Planning and construction of air conditioning systems in cleanroom technology

Innovative and forward-looking

When dealing with operators of cleanrooms, one repeatedly hears the complaint: "Our cleanroom incurs operating costs to an extent that is unpredictable for us; can you help us with that?"

Looking more closely at the cleanrooms, it becomes apparent that the entire cleanroom, despite different usage un…

Laser safety cabins with wall system (Source: bc-technology GmbH)

Cleanroom workstation (Source: bc-technology GmbH)

09.01.2018
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Buildings & Rooms

Product differentiation of cleanroom equipment

ParticleSafe devices facilitate particle-sensitive work thanks to their ergonomic and noise optimization.

To meet the increasing demands on cleanroom technology and for quicker orientation and better customer friendliness, bc-technology GmbH has restructured its products in the field of cleanroom equipment and now offers three equipment lines, each optimized for different application areas. The Hygienic…

Idealized cleanroom system with 4 container units. © MK Test Facilities

Three-part cleanroom system in schematized individual containers. © MK Test Facilities

Example of a cleanroom system inside a 20-foot container. © MK Testing Facilities

Variants of the central test facilities: Vertical laminar flow system. © MK test facilities

Variants of the central test facilities: horizontal laminar flow cleanroom lines. © MK Test Facilities

Variants of the central test systems: Isolator with glove interventions. © MK Test Systems

SPS control panel for the regulation and monitoring of technical parameters in cleanroom systems. © MK Test Facilities

Virtual tour of the mobile cleanroom facility. © MK Testing Systems

Virtual cut between the technical room and a workstation with a metal-free distillation system for acids. © MK Experimental Systems

Combination of a cleanroom construction with drawing details in virtual reality. © MK Testing Facilities

View of a glance into the laminar flow system during the virtual tour. © MK Testing Facilities

14.12.2017
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Building technology

4D mobility in flexibly deployable cleanroom systems

The combination is the challenge

"Is it even possible to fulfill four wishes at once? That really can't be done." Such or similar questions are frequently asked of employees at MK Test Systems, the specialist for metal-free cleanroom systems.

The customer requirements often deviated completely from th…

Fig. 1: Structure of a fan filter unit FFU

Fig. 2: 200 mm high modules in various dimensions

Fig. 6: FFU with black housing and black filter intake surface

Fig. 7: Module with particle and molecular filtration

14.12.2017
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Furnishing & equipment

Fan Filter Unit (FFU) modules and their areas of application

Since the mid-1980s, fan-filter modules under the term FFU have been available on the market. FFU stands for Fan-Filter-Unit and represents a compact unit for generating high-purity air. These modules made it possible for the first time to introduce greater flexibility into airflow in cleanrooms. By…

22.11.2017
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Furnishing & equipment

Apurano Life Sciences: Spetec cleanroom concept helps to expand innovation lead

Designed for expansion

The Life Sciences newcomer Apurano has developed a unique process for manufacturing and filling pharmaceuticals and dietary supplements, aiming to capture a piece of this dynamic market with its innovative health products. The production environment in the company's new building was optimally realiz…

Since the production buildings at the headquarters in Bahlingen had become too small, Braunform GmbH built a new location in the neighboring town of Endingen with two cleanrooms for plastic and pharmaceutical production. (Source: Braunform GmbH)

In the cleanrooms, special ceiling and wall constructions were used. Additionally, an elaborate ventilation system with downward airflow through filter fan units was designed, which operates very energy efficiently.
(Source: Braunform GmbH)

01.11.2017
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Buildings & Rooms

Manufacturing of plastic and medical products in a cleanroom

Sterile atmosphere during injection molding: special wall profile and sophisticated ventilation system enable a room height of 6.3 m

In recent years, Braunform GmbH, based in Bahlingen, has been steadily growing, so much so that the production buildings have become too small over time. For this reason, the company built a new plant just a few kilometers from the main location in Bahlingen, in the city of Endingen, for the manufac…

View of the new cleaning laboratory at the Colandis location in Kahla, which allows the company's service offerings to be expanded. (Photo: Angelika Schimmel/Oliver Will)

Colandis Managing Director Joachim Ludwig (Photo: Angelika Schimmel/Oliver Will)

01.11.2017
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Furnishing & equipment

The company Colandis in Kahla is investing in a new cleaning laboratory and in its own Nachwuchs.

It must be clean

Less is sometimes more. In any case, in the field in which Colandis GmbH from Kahla operates. The less you see here, the better it is. But actually, you see nothing with the naked eye either. After all, this is about air. About clean air. Colandis GmbH masters exactly this intangible, invisible medi…

13.10.2017
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Furnishing & equipment

On December 1, 2017, Spetec GmbH Erding celebrates its 30th anniversary.

30 Years of Spetec GmbH in Erding

The company started with service and spare parts sales for ICP spectrometers. When in 1987 the then Kontron GmbH ceased manufacturing and distributing ICP devices, the current shareholder and managing director Friedhelm Rickert founded Spetec GmbH from this. This was achieved through a management bu…

In the weighing cabins, manual refilling processes of powdery input materials can be carried out inside through downward-directed clean air flow. This is done within a microbiologically controlled production environment. (Source: bc-technology)

For applications in the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) sector, bc-technology GmbH has realigned its portfolio in the field of cleanroom equipment and has specifically tailored the HygienicSafe line to meet GMP requirements – here is an extraction cabinet. (Source: bc-technology)

The new HygienicSafe line also offers a special version in ATEX design. (Source: bc-technology)

Through intensive discussions, it is clarified in advance which solution is suitable for the respective application. (Source: bc-technology)

01.10.2017
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Buildings & Rooms

Realignment of cleanroom equipment, specifically for GMP applications: HygienicSafe line, additionally sound- and energy-optimized.

For applications in the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) sector, bc-technology GmbH has realigned its portfolio in the field of cleanroom equipment, specifically tailoring the HygienicSafe line to meet GMP requirements.

These devices have also been acoustically and energetically optimized, and an im…

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